TY - JOUR
TI - Developing patients' experiences database after hospital discharge: Another step in improving stroke care
AU - Konstantakopoulou, O.
AU - Galanis, P.
AU - Kaitelidou, D.
AU - Karagkouni, I.
AU - Korompoki, E.
AU - Ntaios, G.
AU - Vemmos, K.
AU - Papastefanatos, S.
AU - Papastefanatos, G.
AU - Tsampalas, E.
AU - Alexopoulou, H.
AU - Kalliontzakis, I.
AU - Kouridaki, A.
AU - Tountopoulou, A.
AU - Kouzi, I.
AU - Milionis, H.
AU - Evaggelou, C.
AU - Karagkiozi, E.
AU - Hatzitolios, A.I.
AU - Savopoulos, C.
AU - Myrou, A.
AU - Mavraganis, G.
AU - Vemmou, A.
AU - Siskou, O.
JO - Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
PY - 2020
VL - 272
TODO - null
SP - 441-444
PB - IOS Press BV
SN - null
TODO - 10.3233/SHTI200590
TODO - Decision making;  Medical informatics, Acute stroke;  Cross-sectional study;  Data collection;  Hospital discharge;  Patient experiences;  Policy makers;  Social service;  Stroke patients, Hospitals, adult;  conference paper;  controlled study;  cross-sectional study;  decision making;  female;  Greece;  hospital discharge;  hospitalization;  human;  major clinical study;  male;  multicenter study;  questionnaire;  retrospective study;  social work;  stroke patient;  stroke unit;  sun;  cerebrovascular accident, Cross-Sectional Studies;  Greece;  Humans;  Patient Discharge;  Retrospective Studies;  Stroke
TODO - The aim of this study was to assess stroke patients' experiences in regards to hospital stay and during discharge. A cross-sectional study with retrospective data collection was conducted including patients (n=135) with first-ever acute stroke, who were admitted in seven Public Hospitals in Greece ('Stroke Units Necessity for Patients, SUN4P' registry). The translated version of the NHS-Stroke Questionnaire in the Greek was used. 48.2% of patients rated their overall experience from the care they received as very good/excellent. 66% of patients reported that they participated in decision making about their care and 21.5% reported not having received help from the hospital's social services regarding any benefits/aids, thus lowering their overall patient experience score (p=0.017). Decision and policymakers must consider factors affecting stroke patients experiences during their hospitalization. The development of a national stroke patients' experiences database can help prioritize relevant actions and draw up a commonly accepted management and services redesign framework for patients. © 2020 The authors and IOS Press.
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